Goodbye Ireland, Hello Australia

Its been about a month since my last post and quite a bit has changed in my life. The season in Ireland ended. We lost by two points in the semifinals of the league playoffs, which was a very tough loss. Despite the loss, I had a great experience in Ireland and want to thank all of the players, coaches, and committee members that helped make it such an enjoyable 7 months for me.

I recently signed a contract to play for the Warrnambool Seahawks in Australia's Big V league. I flew home from Ireland on the 22nd of March and headed down here the 31st of the month. It was tough only being home for a week or so, but it was great to see all my friends and family for a bit. Warrnambool is a small, coastal town located in the south of Australia, (about a 3 hour drive from Melbourne) in the state of Victoria. Its a beautiful city and I am very excited to be about 1 kilometer from the beach.

I arrived in Australia on the 2nd of April (ya it was a pretty long flight) at 9:30 and played in our game that night at 7. Despite the jet lag, I was still able to play a solid game and we won by 7 on our home floor. The arena and the crowd were awesome and everyone has been great to me so far.  I even got a write up in the city newspaper, http://www.standard.net.au/news/local/sport/basketball/seahawks-import-gets-down-to-business/2122347.aspx .
We have a very young team, but have lots of talent and should really improve over the season. Updates coming soon.